The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Part to apply to foreign companies
This Part applies to foreign companies except in so far as the context otherwise requires and a reference in this Part to a compan…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Application of Part XXXI
Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Part, this Part applies in relation to the lodgement of a document with, or the pro…
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Provisions applicable to sale by Court order of restricted securities
(1) If securities are sold in accordance with an order of the Court made undersection 828, the seller of the securities shall pay…
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Power of Court to order relaxation or removal of restrictions
(1) If an order makes securities of a company subject to the restrictions contained in this Division, any person claiming to be ag…
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Offence to attempt to evade restriction imposed by or under this Part
(1) Subject to the terms of any directions given, or any conditions imposed, under section 812 or 827, a person who— (a) exercises…
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Consequence of order imposing restrictions
(1) The following restrictions apply to securities that are subject to an order made by the Attorney General under section 812 or…
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Offences against this Part committed by bodies corporate
(1) If an offence under this Part is committed by a body corporate, each officer of the body who is in default also commits an off…
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Application of this Part to foreign companies
(1) This Part applies to a foreign company that is carrying on business, or hasat any time carried on business, in Kenya except pr…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Answers to questions put by inspector during examination admissible in legal proceedings as evidence
(1) An answer given by a person to a question put to the person by the inspectorfor the purposes of an investigation conducted und…
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Certain information protected from disclosure
(1) Nothing in this Part compels a person to disclose to the Attorney General or to an inspector appointed under this Part informa…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Disclosure of information by Attorney General or inspector
(1) This section applies to information obtained under Division 1 or 2. (2) The Attorney General may— (a) disclose information to…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Offence to provide false information
A person who, in purported compliance with a requirement under section 811 to provide information— (a) provides information that t…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Offence to destroy, mutilate or falsify company documents
(1) An officer of a company who— (a) destroys, mutilates or falsifies, or is complicit in the destruction, mutilation or falsifica…
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Prohibition on disclosure of information obtained under section 812 or 817
(1) This section applies to information obtained— (a) as a result of a requirement imposed under section 811; or (b) by means of a…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Protection in relation to certain disclosures: information provided to Attorney General
(1) A person who makes a relevant disclosure is not, only because of that disclosure, liable in proceedings relating to a breach o…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Issue of warrants to enter and search premises
(1) On an application made on oath given by or on behalf of an inspector appointed by the Court or by the Attorney-General, a magi…
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Power to bring civil proceedings on company’s behalf
(1) If, from a report made under section 797 or 809, the Attorney Generalconsiders that proceedings ought, in the public interest,…
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Inspector’s report to be evidence
(1) A copy of any report of an inspector appointed under this Part, certified bythe Attorney General to be a true copy, is admissi…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Power of Attorney General to impose restrictions on securities
(1) On being satisfied, in relation to an investigation under either section 800 or 811, that there is difficulty in ascertaining…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Power of Attorney General to require information about persons interested in securities of a company
(1) If satisfied that there is good reason to investigate the ownership of securities of a company and that is unnecessary to appo…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Power of Director of Public Prosecutions to bring prosecution for offences disclosed by inspectors’ report made under section 810
(1) If it appears to the Attorney General that a person has, in relation to the company or to any other body corporate whose affai…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Inspector appointed by the Attorney General to submit reports to the Attorney General
(1) An inspector appointed by the Attorney General— (a) may (and if so directed by the Attorney General, shall) make interim repor…
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Inspector appointed by the Attorney General may apply to Court toconduct examination of person
(1) If an inspector appointed by the Attorney General believes it necessary for the purpose of the investigation that a person who…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Obstruction of inspectors appointed by the Attorney General to be contempt of Court
(1) If a person to whom section 806 applies— (a) refuses to produce to an inspector a document that the inspector has, under that…
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